The chief executive of an electronics supply company is charged with shipping closely guarded U.S. computer technology to India for use in missiles and other weapon systems. Working with Indian government officials, Cirrus Electronics founder Parthasarathy Sudarshan ordered computer equipment from U.S. manufacturers using falsified documents about their destination, federal prosecutors said. The parts were allegedly shipped to India through Cirrus offices in South Carolina and Singapore. Prosecutors say that between 2003 and 2006, Sudarshan was buying the equipment for three Indian government agencies: the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, which researches spacecraft and ballistic missiles, Bharat Dynamics Ltd., a key agency in the nation's guided missile program, and the Aeronautical Development Establishment, which is developing the Tejas combat jet. The U.S. Commerce Department restricts exports to these agencies.... http://www.foxnews.com

The U.S. Congressional Research Service has released a report saying President George W. Bush is misleading the public on Iraq war costs by saying funds are insufficient. Non-partisan budget experts at CRS informed U.S. Congress that the Army could maintain its wartime operations well into July 2007 with funds already provided, UPI reported. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said, "This study confirms that the president is once again attempting to mislead the public and create an artificial atmosphere of anxiety." Senator Reid added that Bush is even using scare tactics to defeat bipartisan legislation that would change the course in Iraq. "Instead of holding press events to score political points, I call upon the president to tone down his rhetoric and stop the veto threats of a bill he has not yet seen," said Reid. ...http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=4631&sectionid=3510203

Yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) told CNN that that Bush’s escalation in Iraq is going so well, “General Petraeus goes out there almost every day in an unarmed humvee.” On Mon, he told radio host Bill Bennett that there “are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods, today.” This morning, during an interview with McCain, CNN’s John Roberts rebutted McCain’s assertions, stating, “I checked with General Petraeus’s people overnight and they said he never goes out in anything less than an up-armored humvee.” He added that a new report by retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey “said no Iraqi government official, coalition soldier, diplomat reporter could walk the streets of Baghdad without heavily armed protection.” Faced with overwhelming evidence that he was wrong, McCain denied he’d ever said it: “Well, I’m not saying they could go without protection. The President goes around America with protection. So, certainly I didn’t say that.” Watch it:...http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/28/roberts-cnn-mccain-iraq/

Sen. John McCain strolled briefly through an open-air market in Baghdad today in an effort to prove that Americans are “not getting the full picture” of what’s going on in Iraq. NBC’s Nightly News provided further details about McCain’s one-hour guided tour. He was accompanied by “100 American soldiers, with three Blackhawk helicopters, and two Apache gunships overhead.” Still photographs provided by the military to NBC News seemed to show McCain wearing a bulletproof vest during his visit. Watch it: McCain recently claimed that there “are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods, today.” In a press conference after his Baghdad tour, McCain told a reporter that his visit to the market today was proof that you could indeed “walk freely” in some areas of Baghdad. Video: Go to “read article” then click on the video and watch it...http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/mccain-iraq-stroll/

A man and a woman were fatally shot in a University of Washington building on Monday in what police said could be a murder-suicide. Police said a handgun was found that may have belonged to one of the dead people. "It's quite possible that the suspect is one of the deceased," said University Assistant Police Chief Ray Wittmier said. He said about six shots were fired and that the only people apparently involved in the shootings were the two dead, a woman in her mid-20s and a man in his 40s. There were no eyewitnesses, he said. A UW graduate student told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News that the woman who was shot may have been an instructor whose ex-boyfriend was barred from seeing her by a restraining order. A picture of the ex-boyfriend was distributed to staff, who were instructed to call police if they saw him....http://www.kirotv.com/news/11494484/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653833995813&tml=sea_break&tmi=sea_break_1_11530304022007&ts=H

Republican Mitt Romney reported raising $23 million for his presidential campaign during the first three months of the year, shaking up the GOP field and rivaling the total reported a day earlier by Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton. Meanwhile, the Republican front-runner in the polls, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, said his donations totaled $15 million - including more than $10 million raised during March alone. Both Republican numbers blew away past party presidential fundraising standards, while Romney's figure put the former Massachusetts governor in competition with Clinton, the Democratic front-runner. The New York senator on Sunday reported raising $26 million between Jan. 1 and March 31. We keep giving money to those we know are corrupted and wonder why nothing changes. We do have honest candidates but for some reason we don’t support them. Ron Paul is one of them, but they keep trying to keep him out, and we ignore him. Why??? ...http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6527264,00.html